Italian parliament backs Meloni's plan to restart nuclear power
The law sets a 12-month timetable for decrees on licensing, safety and waste rules, but it does not authorize reactor construction.
- On Wednesday, Italy's Senate approved legislation to restart nuclear power nearly 40 years after the Chernobyl disaster prompted the country to abandon atomic energy.
- Premier Giorgia Meloni's administration seeks to bolster energy security and meet climate goals, arguing that technological advances have rendered the 1987 anti-nuclear vote obsolete amid rising electricity demand.
- The government is focusing on small modular reactors , with industry estimates placing costs at $3.5 billion to $7 billion per unit, while about 55% of Italians support next-generation nuclear plants.
- Energy Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin said the government has 12 months to establish implementing decrees for safety and licensing, noting that new plants will prioritize already developed land.
- Although the regulatory framework is established, Michele Governatori of think tank ECCO warns of limited private-sector investment appetite, and Italy still lacks a permanent national repository for radioactive waste.
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DECRYPTAGE - The Atom returns to the Peninsula in force to strengthen energy sovereignty, less dependent on European neighbours. The last of the four plants had closed in the early 1990s after the Chernobyl disaster.
The Italian parliament yesterday finally approved legislation that will bring nuclear power back to Italy, nearly four decades after Italy shut down its nuclear program following the Chernobyl disaster. In the upper house of the Italian parliament, or Senate, 81 senators supported the return to nuclear power, while 51 were against. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wants to use […] The post Italy returns to nuclear power after 40 years first appeare…
Rome, September 24 - After the House's approval last June, the Senate also gave the green light... The article Italy returns to nuclear power: the price of absence and the prospects for the future come from The National Primacy.
The Melon government presents nuclear energy as a solution to energy security and climate change, but analysts are concerned about the cost. The post Four decades later, Italy returns to nuclear energy appeared first on in.gr.
Final green light to the law, the country returns to the atom after almost 40 years from the referendum that arranged the closure of the power stations
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